Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 24 May 1998 18:51:17 +0100 (BST) | From | Riley Williams <> | Subject | Re: Upgrading to a test kernel |
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Hi again.
>>> Looking for some help from the Red Hat users on this list (or >>> knowledgable others). I've tried a couple of times before to >>> upgrade my existing RH 5.0 system to one of the test kernels, but >>> I usually end up screwing up one thing or another. I have read the >>> documentation, and I've tried to upgrade almost of the packages >>> necessary as listed by the minimum version numbers in the >>> documentation.
>>> If anyone is currently running RH 5.0, and has successfully gotten >>> to the point of running a test kernel, I would like to discuss the >>> steps that you took to get to that point.
> In my case, here's the procedure I used to update to the latest of > everything...I use the RedHat mirror on SunSite.doc.ic.ac.uk but the > following should also work with RedHat's own site...
> Q> #!/bin/bash > Q> mkdir /redhat > Q> mount -t nfs -o ro,soft,rsize=8192,wsize=8192 \ > Q> 193.63.255.4:/public/Mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/ /redhat > Q> cd /redhat/pub/redhat/current/updates/i386 > Q> for Z in *.i386.rpm ; do > Q> X=`echo $Z | sed 's/-[0-9]*\./ /' | cut -d ' ' -f 1` > Q> Y=`rpm -q $X 2> /dev/null` > Q> if [ "$Y" != '' ]; then > Q> if [ $Y.i386.rpm != $Z ]; then > Q> echo "Updating $Y.i386.rpm to $Z" >&2 > Q> rpm -Uvh $Z > Q> fi > Q> fi > Q> done > Q> cd / > Q> umount /redhat > Q> rmdir /redhat
> The result of the above sequence is that ALL of your currently > installed RedHat-supplied RPM's are updated to the latest versions, > thus reducing the problems caused by old versions...
Clarification to the above: It ONLY updates rpm's that are already installed, not updates to ones you haven't installed yet...so no more emails asking about this please...
Best wishes from Riley.
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